Exam question 1 · Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bea…

Identify the number of claws possessed by an adult bear across all four feet.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, possess · To what, where: number, claws, four feet

This is exam question 1 of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 claws	case
5	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod
6	possessed	possess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 claws	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 bear	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bear	det
9	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bear	amod
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	obl
11	across	across	ADP	_	14 feet	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 feet	det
13	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 feet	nummod
14	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possessed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the number of claws					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent number=Theme
2	possess	participle		claws not said here		all four feet		by a adult bear	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ten, these being confined to the forefeet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 confined	punct
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 confined	nsubj:pass
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 confined	aux:pass
5	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ten	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 forefeet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forefeet	det
8	forefeet	forefoot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	gerund · passive		these		the forefeet			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to forefoot=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Twenty, these being non-retractable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 non-retractable	punct
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 non-retractable	nsubj
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 non-retractable	cop
5	non-retractable	non-retractable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Twenty	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	these					non-retractable property	tree rules

Option 3

Eighteen, the hallux being clawless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clawless	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hallux	det
4	hallux	hallux	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clawless	nsubj
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 clawless	cop
6	clawless	clawless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Eighteen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the hallux					clawless property	tree rules

Option 4

Sixteen, these being retractable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 retractable	punct
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 retractable	nsubj
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 retractable	cop
5	retractable	retractable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sixteen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	these					retractable property	tree rules

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